more discounter news & analysis – Page 115
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Lidl removes microbeads from all products
Lidl has removed all products containing microbeads from its UK stores as it clamps down on plastic pollutants
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Usdaw strikes store staff representation deal with B&M Bargains
Usdaw was previously only able to represent B&M’s distribution staff
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Greggs wary of the Thorntons factor despite Iceland success
Greggs CEO Roger Whiteside hailed the success of its Iceland partnership but does not want to go into other retailers
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Aldi UK announces profits drop as sales rise by £1bn
Aldi is now UK’s fifth biggest supermarket with a 6.9% share of the market
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City snapshot: Aldi UK sales jump 13.5% to £8.7bn but profits fall back
Aldi grew its UK and Ireland sales by £1bn last year to £8.7bn but investment in growth and price meant operating profits fell by 17%.
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Wild meat range for Iceland Food Warehouse
The frozen, hand-butchered range includes venison steaks, wood pigeon breast, cuts of pheasant, boar and partridge
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Barry Williams made UK & Ireland MD at Poundland
Poundland executive chairman Andy Bond is moving to a wider strategic role as chairman of the retailer’s owner Pepkor Europe
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Guest Lidl takes pricing win but margin of victory is smaller
The discounter’s £52.91 total was £5.09 cheaper than second-placed Asda
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Tesco, Aldi and Asda accused of exploiting Bangladeshi workers
A Mail on Sunday investigation claimed workers received as little as 25p an hour in a factor producing Aldi clothing
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Iceland commits to new Sea Kind seafood sustainability scheme
Sea Kind name demonstrates Iceland adheres to key sourcing principles including traceability, transparency and responsible sourcing decisions
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Aldi launches trio of Specially Selected chilled ready meals
The lineup was ’inspired by the Charlie Bigham’s ready meal range’
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Lidl to assist police with Parsons Green terror investigation
The bomb was found in one of the discounter’s reusable bags
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Icelandic Seachill shrugs off volatility to post rise in sales
Revenues for seafood supplier climb by £18m despite ending of M&S supply deal in 2016
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Aldi contributes £8.5bn to economy, report finds
The figure represents 0.5% of the UK’s total gross domestic product in 2016
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Farmfoods' pre-tax profits halve as sales drop by £25m
Pre-tax profits at frozen foods supermarket Farmfoods more have halved in 2016
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Comment and Opinion
Go on, do it better than Lidl
We all know that Lidl has been a consistent winner in UK grocery in recent years
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Iceland tests craft beer offer with Food Warehouse promotion
It was “an opportunity to test the water where Iceland did not have a range before,” according to a spokesman…
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Aldi reduces payment time for smaller suppliers
The retailer is promising to pay within 14 days all suppliers whose business with it is worth up to £250,000 a year
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Guest retailer Aldi beats G33 pricing rivals by nearly £8
The discounter’s £43.50 total was £7.82, or 15.2%, cheaper than second-placed Asda
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Media Bites 23 August: Lidl, Bayer/Monsanto, Asda, sugar
With grocery stories continuing to be slim pickings as the UK gears up for the bank holiday weekend, the latest market share from Kantar Worldpanel and Nielsen generates some column inches.